Not far into our hike, we met Morgan Briggs headed out. Morgan still roams about in the park. Three years back, he spent 5 days between Porters Creek watershed and the Jump Off. He had to be extracted via a helicopter. I've heard he needed to be rescued again in the past year but can't confirm that.
Albright Grove is a old growth grove of large trees, including hemlocks (many dead now), poplars. beech, oak, and mountain silverbell as seen above. Silverbells have a very unique bark, sometimes described as "purple conflakes". Today, with many hemlocks gone, the canopy has opened up and this is no longer the special, almost mystical forest it once was.
Another tree is growing inside this hollowed tree.
The one creek crossing was on this log bridge. Once you arrive at this spot, it is just .2 mile to the Albright Grove Loop Trail.
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